Provides self-activation techniques to help achieve a medication-free recovery from depression. Behavior psychologists Christopher R. Martell, Ph.D., and Michael E. Addis, Ph.D., offer readers a radically new approach for overcoming depression that focuses on getting them reengaged with life and the world around them using behavior activation--a fast-acting, effective, self-help therapy Introduction 1(6) Part 1 Understanding Depression How Depression Works 7(16) Learn Your Patterns and Start to Change Them 23(24) Part 2 Ending Depression Getting Out of ``TRAPs'' and Back on ``TRAC'' 47(22) Take ACTION: First Steps toward Change 69(16) Stop Worrying about Your Inner Child and Develop Your Outer Adult 85(18) Part 3 Activation as an Approach to Your Daily Life Make Changes One Step at a Time 103(22) Free Yourself from Mood Dependence 125(18) Build the Life You Want 143(16) Tying It All Together 159(10) Appendix Copies of Monitoring Forms 169(6) References 175